Management of Skull Base Tumor-Associated Facial Pain

Gaddum Duemani Reddy; Kathryn Wagner; Jack Phan; Franco DeMonte; Shaan M Raza

doi:10.1016/j.nec.2016.02.009

Management of Skull Base Tumor-Associated Facial Pain

Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2016 Jul;27(3):337-44. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2016.02.009.

Authors

Gaddum Duemani Reddy¹, Kathryn Wagner¹, Jack Phan², Franco DeMonte¹, Shaan M Raza³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27325000
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2016.02.009

Abstract

Cancer-associated facial pain can be caused by a variety of pathologic conditions. Here the authors describe the symptoms and incidence of facial pain secondary to three separate anatomic subcategories of cancer. The authors subsequently discuss the effectiveness and drawbacks of the most common methods of treatment.

Keywords: Cancer pain; Medical treatment; Radiation therapy; Surgical treatment; Trigeminal neuralgia.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Analgesics / therapeutic use*
Facial Pain / drug therapy
Facial Pain / etiology
Facial Pain / surgery*
Humans
Neurosurgical Procedures / methods*
Radiosurgery / methods*
Skull Base Neoplasms / complications*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Analgesics